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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
butsumon 仏門

Lit. Buddha's gate. Also *nandaimon 南大門; *…

Architecture, Gates
byōmon 廟門 ✓

Also called reibyōmon 霊廟門. An entrance gate to a mausoleum. It can be an elaborate gate in two-storied or simulated…

Architecture, Gates
Gekkamon 月華門

1 A gate in the corridor connecting the two halls Kyōshoden 校書殿 and Anpukuden 安福殿 in the Imperial Palace at…

Architecture, Gates
Gishūmon 宜秋門 ✓

Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *…

Architecture, Gates
gokenmon 五間門 ✓

A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸…

Architecture, Gates

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University